Extreme poverty rate in Mongolia

0.4% of people in Mongolia lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1995.

Measure: Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1995 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Mongolia, 2022 0.4% % of population
Change from 2018 −1.3percentage points 2018: 1.7%
World, 2022 10.9% Official aggregate

Extreme poverty rate in Mongolia over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Extreme poverty rate at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period MongoliaWorld
2024 – 10.1%
2023 – 10.5%
2022 0.4% 10.9%
2021 – 11.3%
2020 – 11.4%
2018 1.7% 11.1%
2017 – 11.8%
2016 1.9% 12.6%
2015 – 13.4%
2014 0.8% 14.5%
2013 – 15.5%
2012 1.1% 17.8%
2011 2.2% 19.1%
2010 3.5% 21.0%
2009 – 23.1%
2008 – 24.1%
2007 4.0% 25.3%
2006 – 27.0%
2005 – 28.3%
2004 – 30.3%
2003 – 32.2%
2002 18.7% 33.7%
2001 – 35.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 1.7% in 2018, a change of −1.3 percentage points.
  • Since 1995, when it was 22.1%, the figure has changed by −21.7 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 10.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.DDAY · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1995 to 2022 for Mongolia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform